https://www.vikingimpact.com/blogWorkforce policy, funding, data, and strategy.en-ushttps://www.vikingimpact.com/blog/workforce-advocacy-sept2025https://www.vikingimpact.com/blog/workforce-advocacy-sept2025Mon, 15 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000Now is the time for workforce advocacy. September is Workforce Development Month, but uncertainty looms. The House has proposed cutting the FY26 workforce budget by nearly 30%. Workforce organizations can’t afford to stay quiet and with resources from National Skills Coalition, NAWB, and NAWDP, we have tools to contact lawmakers, write op-eds, and speak out to protect funding and sustain programs.Point of viewhttps://www.vikingimpact.com/blog/talentstrategy-wdbhttps://www.vikingimpact.com/blog/talentstrategy-wdbThu, 28 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +0000Discover the top five priorities workforce boards should prepare for under the federal talent strategy, including employer-led training, tougher accountability, apprenticeships, AI literacy, priority populations, and co-enrollment. Learn what’s real now, what’s still a proposal, and how boards can take action today to stay ahead.Funding and policyhttps://www.vikingimpact.com/blog/wioa-compliance-and-impacthttps://www.vikingimpact.com/blog/wioa-compliance-and-impactMon, 30 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000Learn four ways WIOA programs can stay compliant and impactful—streamline eligibility, boost training, and turn paperwork into performance.Data and evaluationhttps://www.vikingimpact.com/blog/rightevaluationhttps://www.vikingimpact.com/blog/rightevaluationSat, 01 Mar 2025 12:00:00 +0000Using Data to Strengthen Nonprofit Resilience & Impact: Is your nonprofit’s data working for you—or just for funders? In times of change, strategic data use can strengthen resilience, drive adaptive learning, and amplify advocacy efforts. This blog explores how to move beyond compliance-driven reporting and use data strategically to anticipate risks, improve programs in real time, and secure funding. Learn about and download the RIGHT Evaluation Audit Framework, a practical tool to help organizations assess and revise their data and evaluation practices to be more relevant, integrated, grounded in context, harnessed for influence, and timely.Data and evaluationhttps://www.vikingimpact.com/blog/4-challengeshttps://www.vikingimpact.com/blog/4-challengesWed, 01 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0000Over 15 years, I’ve seen nonprofits and agencies hit the same roadblocks: plans that falter, complex funding hurdles, equity goals that stall, and untold impact stories. At Viking Impact Advisors, we navigate change—turning bold ideas into actionable, joyful, and measurable results. Do these challenges resonate? Have we missed one? Read the blog and share your thoughts to create impact together!Point of view